Canadian Environmental Protection Act: guidelines and objectives
Biosafety
Contaminated sites
- Storage tank systems for petroleum products: tank tips (2011)
- User’s guide for the online federal identification registry for storage tank systems (2013)
Emissions
- Directive concerning testing for formaldehyde emissions (2023)
- Guidance document on Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations (2012)
- Guidelines for the reduction of ethylene oxide releases from sterilization applications (2005)
- Guidelines for volatile organic compounds in consumer products (2002)
- Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations guidance document (2015)
- Importing motorcycles under the On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations: quick guide (2013)
- Marine Spark-ignition Engine Regulations technical guidance (2011)
- New source emission guidelines for thermal electricity generation (2003)
- Notice of Defect Handbook (2015)
- Reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from natural gas-fuelled stationary combustion turbines: guidelines (2017)
- Submission requirements for evidence of conformity for on-road motorcycles (2020)
- Submission requirements for evidence of conformity for several types of vehicles: guidance document (2020)
Environmental emergencies
Environmental quality
- Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter and ozone in 2015 and 2020 (2013)
- Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for nitrogen dioxide in 2020 and 2025 (2017)
- Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for sulphur dioxide in 2020 and 2025 (2017)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - alcohol ethoxylates (2013)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - bisphenol A (2018)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - chlorinated alkanes (2016)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - cobalt (revised 2017)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - copper (2021)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) (2016)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - hexavalent chromium (2018)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - hydrazine (2013)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - perfluorooctane sulfonate (2018)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (2013)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) (2016)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - triclosan (2017)
- Federal environmental quality guidelines - vanadium (2016)
- From source to tap: the multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water (2002)
- Guidance on the temperature aspects of drinking water (2021)
- Guideline for benzene in residential indoor air (2013)
- Water quality: reports and publications (2012)
- Guidelines for canadian drinking water quality: summary table (2014)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - aluminum (2021)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - barium (2020)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - bromate (2018)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - chloramines (2020)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - chromium (2018)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - cyanobacterial toxins (2018)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - dicamba (2014)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - enteric protozoa: giardia and cryptosporidium (2019)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - enteric viruses (2019)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - escherichia coli (2020)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - metribuzin (2021)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - strontium (2019)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: guideline technical document - total coliforms (2020)
- Recreational water (2012)
- Performance indicators and national targets for environmental management of road salts: notice (2014)
- Residential indoor air quality guideline for naphthalene (2013)
- Residential indoor air quality guidelines: Acrolein (2021)
Information gathering
- Guidelines for the use of information gathering authorities (2001)
- Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations guidance document (2018)
Monitoring and reporting
- National Guidelines for Monitoring Dredged and Excavated Material at Ocean Disposal Sites (1998, PDF 584 kB)
- Order in council: glycol guidelines (1994)
- Protocols and performance specifications for continuous monitoring of gaseous emissions from thermal power generation and other sources (2023)
New substances notification
- Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Chemicals and Polymers (2005, PDF 20.3 MB)
- Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Organisms (2001, PDF 334 kB)
Pollution prevention
- Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) (2013)
- Guideline for the environmental management of tin stabilizers in Canada (2015)
- Guideline for release of ammonia in wastewater effluents (2004)
- Release guidelines for Disperse Yellow 3 and 25 other azo disperse dyes in the textile sector (2020)
- Guidelines for the reduction of dyes released from pulp and paper mills (2024)
Waste
- Disposal at sea permit application guide (2014)
- Biological Test Method: Sublethal Toxicity Tests to Assess Sediments Intended for Disposal at Sea (2015)
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
- Air quality management system (2012)
- Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards
- Federal, provincial and territorial roles and responsibilities (2012, PDF 23 kB)
- Guidance Document on Achievement Determination Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (2012, PDF 264 kB)
- Guidance Document on Achievement Determination for Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide (2020, PDF 617 kB)
- Guidance Document on Achievement Determination for Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulphur Dioxide (2020, PDF 587 kB)
- Guidance Document on Air Zone Management (2012, PDF 232 kB)
- State of the Air Report
- Ambient air monitoring and quality assurance/quality control guidelines (2019, PDF 2.8 MB)
- Canada-wide principles for extended producer responsibility (2007, PDF 14 kB)
- Canadian environmental quality guidelines
- Canadian sediment quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: introduction (2001, PDF 56 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for the protection of environmental and human health: introduction (1999, PDF 40 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for the protection of environmental and human health: methanol (2017, PDF 88 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for the protection of environmental and human health: nickel (2015, PDF 158 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for the protection of environmental and human health: zinc (2018, PDF 100 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for barium: environmental and human health (2013, PDF 118 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for beryllium: environmental and human health (2015, PDF 264 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for copper: environmental and human health (1999, PDF 84 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for n-hexane: environmental and human health (2011, PDF 152 kB)
- Canadian soil quality guidelines for pentachlorophenol: environmental and human health (1997, PDF 77 kB)
- Canadian tissue residue guidelines for the protection of wildlife consumers of aquatic biota: introduction (1999, PDF 44 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of agricultural water uses: introduction (1999, PDF 46 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: introduction (1999, PDF 42 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: cadmium (2014, PDF 274 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: carbamazepine (2018, PDF 202 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: chloride (2011, PDF 380 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of squatic life: glyphosate (2012, PDF 170 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: manganese (dissolved) (2019, PDF 509 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: nitrate Ion (2012, PDF 477 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: silver (2015, PDF 264 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: trichlorfon (2012, PDF 228 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: uranium (2011, PDF 206 kB)
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: zinc (2018, PDF 304 kB)
- Canadian Water Quality Guidelines, appendix 22: interim marine and estuarine water quality guidelines for general variables (go to page 1412) (1996, PDF 16.58 MB)
- Canadian Water Quality Guidelines, appendix 23: arsenic, bromacil, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, deltamethrin and glycols (go to page 1451) (1997, PDF 16.58 MB)
- Canadian Water Quality Guidelines, appendix 20: ethylbenzene and toluene (go to page 1378) (1996, PDF 16.58 MB)
- Canadian Water Quality Guidelines, appendix 21: cadmium (go to page 1395) (1996, PDF 16.58 MB)
- Ecological risk assessment guidance document (2020, PDF 2.04 MB)
- Environmental Guidelines for Controlling Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aboveground Storage Tanks (1995, PDF 10.7 MB)
- Environmental Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from the Plastics Processing Industry (1997, PDF 2.94 MB)
- Guidance Manual for Developing Site-Specific Soil Quality Remediation Objectives for Contaminated Sites in Canada (1996, PDF 2.38 MB)
- Guidance Manual for Environmental Site Characterization in Support of Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment
- Guidelines for the Reduction of VOC Emissions in the Wood Furniture Manufacturing Sector (2004, PDF 294 kB)
- Guidance Document for Canadian Jurisdictions on Open-Air Burning (2016, PDF 3.64 MB)
- Guidance Manual for Developing Nutrient Guidelines for Rivers and Streams (2016, PDF 1.95 MB)
- Guidance Manual for Optimizing Water Quality Monitoring Program Design (2015, PDF 1.292 MB)
- Guidance Document for the Beneficial Use of Municipal Biosolids, Municipal Sludge and Treated Septage (2012, PDF 1.04 MB)
- Guidance Document on Air Zone Management (2019, PDF 226 kB)
- Guidance Document on Transboundary Flows and Exceptional Events for Air Zone Management (2019, PDF 687 kB)
- National Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Landfills (2006, PDF 2.28 MB)
- National Classification System for Contaminated Sites (NCSCS): guidance document (2008, PDF 567 kB)
- NCSCS spreadsheet (v1.2) (2010, Excel-zip 254 kB)
- National Emission Guidelines for Commercial/Industrial Boilers and Heaters (1998, PDF 1.73 MB)
- National Emission Guidelines for Stationary Combustion Turbines (1992, PDF 1.12 MB)
- National Emission Guidelines for Cement Kilns (1998, PDF 7.79 MB)
- National Standards and Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds from Canadian Commercial/Industrial Surface Coating Operations: Automotive Refinishing (1998, PDF 842 kB)